Pastourelle de Clerc Milon, Pauillac AOC 2012 (2nd label of Chateau Clerc Milon) (750ml)

Country/ Region:
Pauillac, Medoc, Bordeaux, France

Background:
The product of an exceptional terroir, Pastourelle de Clerc Milon is the second wine of Chateau Clerc Milon, an 1855 Classified Growth at Pauillac. The pastourelle is a traditional dance which evokes a knight's romantic encounter with a shepherdess: the name echoes the pair of dancers that adorn the label of the Grand Vin.

Winemaking:
Picking at Château Clerc Milon began on 1 October and ended on 16 October. The conditions of the vintage favoured superb expression of the Merlot, here mostly planted on clay-limestone parcels.

Grapes: 65% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Sauvignon & 14% Cabernet Franc

Tasting note:
The wine has a beautiful, bright, intense red colour. Tasty, showing warm plum and anise notes that have melded nicely with hints of black tea, singed applewood and tobacco, offering an iron twinge through the finish.

Food Pairing:
Particularly good with beef and venison, such as, rump steak, sirloin steak or beef rib with bone marrow.

Scores:
The Wine Cellar Insider: 89/100

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